Social Security Act

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Since the Social Security Act was signed into law in 1935, the government has never missed a payment.

From MarketWatch

Another example is federal unemployment insurance, which was adopted in the 1935 Social Security Act and significantly expanded over the ensuing decades.

From The Wall Street Journal

Among the 26,000 or so people buried at the cemetery is Griffith Dickenson Compton, considered the founder of the city; Francis Townsend, who inspired the Social Security Act of 1935; and Alprentice “Bunchy” Carter, a founding member of the Southern California chapter of the Black Panther Party.

From Los Angeles Times

FDR saw Social Security as protection against ‘the hazards and vicissitudes of life,’ as he put it in signing the Social Security Act 90 years ago this week.

From Los Angeles Times

These staggering numbers, along with the realities of the Great Depression, led to President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act of 1935 into law.

From Salon